JD GROUP

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Sports Fashion Plc is a leading international multichannel retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands.

The Group has over 2,400 stores across 19 territories, despite the challenges of 2020 global revenues increased by 30% to £6,110.8 million.

Over 56,000 people work within the Group all over the world. We attract the very best talent to our teams and acknowledge the continuation of this process as an important factor in the Group’s evolution.

The Group is home to premium brands such as JD Sports, Scotts, Size?, Tessuti, GO Outdoors, Blacks, Millets, Footpatrol, Sprinter, Activinstinct & many more.

WHY JD MULTICHANNEL?

We are experiencing high growth here at JD Sports with a 64% YoY uplift in group revenue for H1 2021 in comparison to H1 last year, so it's a very exciting time to join us as we continue to expand globally.
 
In our online multichannel department in the UK alone, we've scaled up our headcount in the past year by 170 people and we are now looking to increase this by a further 120+ over the next 12 months to accommodate our growth. Outside of the UK, we’ve also been accelerating our growth throughout Europe from our local offices in Amsterdam and Alicante.

As a leading retailer, we are preferred partners with the likes of Google, Facebook and TikTok due to our extensive presence within the market. As such, they provide us with leading industry insights and training, and we are often chosen as the beta trialists for new cutting-edge features that they are planning to roll out. This means we are always at the forefront when it comes to helping to shape the industry landscape and our team has early access to brand new features and training from the world's largest tech and social companies.

In our Multichannel department we cover everything in the online and digital space and run everything internally through our world-class inhouse functions spread across: Digital Marketing (Paid Media, SEO, CRM, Affiliates, Influencers, Social, Content), Ecommerce (Online Trading, Online Visual Merchandising), Tech (Software Development FE/BE Stacks, App Development, Data, Security, UI/UX), and Studios (Design, Artwork, Retouch, Photography, Videography, Styling).

ROLE OVERVIEW

To develop & code user interfaces for the Wellgosh website and to assist in the development for other digital platforms such as mobile sites, phone apps and in-store kiosks. To work closely with the web designers and bring the designer’s concepts to life. To support the team in the delivery of the web plan for Wellgosh.

KEY DUTIES

Writing all the Front-End code required for developments to the E-Commerce platforms.

● Work closely with the Content and Design teams to deliver developments and improvements to the websites, including blogs

● Working closely with the Marketing team to create brand hubs on the websites and blog.

● Ensuring the websites are utilising best practices in code and performance.

● Work closely with the UX team to ensure that site improvements are achievable and implemented using best practices

● Take a mobile-first approach to development.

● Code with device and browser compatibility in mind and ensure cross-device/platform/browser testing. Where necessary, ensuring that your code degrades gracefully in older browsers

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE NEEDED

● Strong knowledge of vanilla JavaScript and jQuery

● Proficiency operating content management and ecommerce systems including WordPress

● Proficiency working with cloud solutions, including Amazon Web Services and Azure

● Artistic creativity for collaborating with Web Designers and clients as required

● Diagnostic accuracy and problem-solving for debugging websites

● Able to work quickly and effectively under pressure and within tight deadlines, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.

● Multi-tasking of numerous briefs at any one time, approaching the work in an organised manner and with emphasis on prioritisation.

● Knowledge of the application of Responsive Web Design is also expected

● A strong portfolio/examples of past work that show your skills

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible hours
• Hybrid working
• Free onsite parking at our head office
• Staff discount across all our brands
• Monthly staff sales
• JD Gyms discount
• Subsidised eatery at onsite staff canteen
• Quarterly social events
• Professional training and conferences
• Relaxed & friendly working environment
• Company laptop

Unfortunately, because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, we are sometimes unable to respond to every application. If you haven't heard from us within 14 days of applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions within JD Sports Fashion plc please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

JD Sports Fashion plc is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.